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Director of Administration, SMFA at Tufts

Director of Administration, SMFA at Tufts

Tufts University

Boston, MA • On-site

$141K - $211K/yr

Full-time

Posted 19 days ago

Tufts University rating

8.2

Company rating: 8.2 out of 10

Based on 24 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

110th of 535 rated colleges and universities

Job description

Overview
Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is seeking a Director of Administration for the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (SMFA at Tufts). Reporting to the Executive Administrative Dean (EAD) and working closely with the SMFA Dean, this role serves as the senior administrative leader for SMFA, overseeing its financial, human resources, and facilities operations and ensuring alignment of resources with strategic priorities. The Director plays a critical role in advancing administrative practices, strengthening operational effectiveness, and supporting SMFA's academic and artistic mission.
The School of Arts and Sciences is Tufts University's largest school, comprising undergraduate programs, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), and studio art programs through SMFA at Tufts. The A&S Dean's Office oversees academic departments and programs, student services, administrative units, and facilities across two campuses.
Within the Dean's Office, the Executive Administrative Dean's (EAD) Office is responsible for financial oversight, strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources, and facilities planning across A&S, GSAS, SMFA at Tufts, and the AS&E Shared Division.
This role requires a highly autonomous, hands-on leader who can independently manage day-to-day operations while contributing to strategic decision-making.
Please review the Application Instructions under "What We're Looking For" for specific guidance on submitting your cover letter.
What You'll Do
The Director of Administration reports to the Executive Administrative Dean (EAD) and serves as the senior administrative leader for SMFA, with primary responsibility for financial strategy, budget ownership and management, in close partnership with the University Budget Center and A&S leadership, as well as oversight of human resources and facilities operations. The role partners closely with the EAD and the SMFA Dean to align resources with institutional and school-level priorities and serves as the primary operational leader for SMFA, ensuring effective integration of administrative functions across a small but complex academic environment. The Director leads the school's administrative operations, supports faculty and academic units, and ensures effective, scalable, and well-integrated processes that enable SMFA's academic and artistic mission.
Key responsibilities include:
  • Lead and manage administrative operations: Provide hands-on oversight of finance, HR, and facilities, personally driving execution where needed in a lean, highly collaborative, and decentralized environment.
  • Serve as the primary administrative liaison: Act as the central point of coordination between SMFA and university offices, ensuring clear communication, policy implementation, and resolution of complex administrative issues.
  • Manage and develop a high-performing team: Recruit, mentor, and oversee the SMFA administrative team, aligning roles and responsibilities to support evolving organizational and academic needs.
  • Lead financial strategy, planning, and budget stewardship: Own the development, management, and forecasting of the school's budget, partnering with the University Budget Center while managing budgets across multiple academic units and stakeholders. Serve as a key financial advisor to the Dean, driving decision-making, tradeoffs, and long-term planning.
  • Drive financial and business innovation: Identify opportunities to improve financial performance, support revenue-generating initiatives (e.g., continuing education or program expansion), and introduce new approaches to resource allocation.
  • Support strategic decision-making: Advise school leadership on financial planning, business strategies, and resource allocation to advance institutional priorities and support long-term planning.
  • Provide HR leadership and guidance: Partner with Human Resources and school leadership on recruitment, workforce planning, employee relations, and faculty-related administrative processes.
  • Direct facilities and space planning: Oversee day-to-day facility operations and lead space planning, capital projects, and renovations across SMFA, including coordination across campuses and with studio operations.
  • Drive operational effectiveness: Lead administrative initiatives and process improvements to enhance efficiency, strengthen practices, and support evolving institutional needs.
  • Contribute to senior leadership: Serve as a key member of the SMFA cabinet and partner with senior leadership to advance the school's academic and artistic mission.

What We're Looking For
This role requires a hands-on operator and strategic administrative leader with particular strength in financial management and budget oversight.
Application Instructions:
Please submit a resume and cover letter (one to two pages maximum). In your cover letter, please address the following prompts using specific examples from your experience:
1.) What interests you about this role and the opportunity at SMFA at Tufts? If applicable, please share any experience working in or supporting arts-focused or creative environments.
2.) Describe your experience managing complex budgets across multiple stakeholders. How have you partnered with leadership to make financial decisions, manage tradeoffs, and align resources with strategic priorities?
3.) This role requires a high degree of autonomy. Please describe a situation where you independently led operations or resolved complex administrative challenges without direct oversight.
We encourage concise, focused responses rather than general statements of interest.
Basic Requirements:
Knowledge and experience typically acquired through:
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 7-10 years of progressively responsible leadership experience, including complex administrative, financial, and operational oversight
  • Experience managing or overseeing budgets in a complex organizational setting, ideally across multiple stakeholders or units

Key Skills and Capabilities:
  • Deep financial and budget management expertise, including experience overseeing complex, multi-stakeholder budgets, financial planning, and forecasting
  • Demonstrated ability to serve as a strategic financial partner to senior leadership, advising on tradeoffs, resource allocation, and long-term planning
  • Strong operational leadership skills, with experience managing administrative functions such as finance, HR, and/or facilities in a complex, decentralized environment
  • Ability to operate independently with sound judgment, including knowing when to resolve issues directly versus escalate
  • Excellent communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and problem-solving skills, especially in environments with competing priorities and decentralized structures
  • Highly proactive, adaptable, and able to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
  • Professional presence with a strong service orientation

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree
  • Experience in a higher education environment strongly preferred
  • Experience working in or supporting the arts or creative environments (interest and engagement encouraged but not required)

Pay Range
Minimum $141,000.00, Midpoint $176,300.00, Maximum $211,500.00
Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

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